Welcome to A Little Cornish Home. The blog about the renovation of a 1920's semi detached property in the heart of the Cornish countryside. From gutting the house and stripping it bare to rebuilding the house with DIY tips, step by step progress, Interior decorating and ideas along the way to make our little Cornish house our little Cornish home

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Saturday, 17 August 2013

Gaining access to the back garden

I'm a little behind on my blog posts recently as we've both been busy working and not finding time to write, but with the weather wet and miserable outside I thought I would take the time to update the blog with the house progress.

Now that the footpath alongside the garage has finally been cleared it gives us the opportunity to gain access to the back garden. With the help of a very dear friend who was visiting us all the way from Essex we used his muscle to knock down the brick wall that blocks up the beautiful brick archway.

Our good friend Brian smashing his way through the block work.

Finally after several hours of smashing the bricks away we now have gained the original access back to our home. Next job is to dig out the raised bed and remove the wall around it.

Big thanks to Brian for all your help on our little Cornish home renovation.

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A Little Cornish Home

Welcome to A Little Cornish Home. We are Amanda and James and together we are sharing with you our journey through moving to Cornwall and buying and renovating our first house. After renting property in Cornwall for 5 years and realizing just how much we were paying to our landlords in rent we decided to take the scary plunge into buying and renovating our little Cornish house.

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